Southern Dirty Rice made with Handmade Ground Chicken Sausage

1 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped green bell pepper
1 cup chopped celery
2 cups Uncooked Chicken Sausage
1/4 cup fresh chopped parsley
1/4 cup chopped green onion
1 t. Italian Seasoning
1 t sage
2 t red cayenne pepper
1 t basil
3 T chicken  or vegetable consume
2 T melted butter
2 T extra virgin olive oil
2 Cups Cooked Rice

Saute onion, green pepper, celery, and sausage together in large sauce pan over medium heat, stirring the mixture until brown, reduce heat to med-low add seasoning , mix well, toss in cooked rice gently stirring, BE CAREFUL not to damage rice.  Remove from heat, mix in melted butter. olive oil..let stand 5 minutes.  Serve 

Vegetarian Red Beans and Rice

1 small package of red beans soaked overnite in sea salt and water (drained)
1 cup chopped white onion
1 cup chopped green bell pepper
1 cup homemade salsa
1 small can tomato sauce
1 t. black pepper
1 jalapeño sliced down the middle
1 t. red pepper
1 t Italian seasoning
3 T vegetable consomme or bouillon
1 t dried parsley
3 cups of water
 Mix all ingredients together in Crock pot or slow cooker for 4 hours, serve over steamed  basmati rice

Buttermilk marinade for southern fried chicken

3 eggs
1 cup of buttermilk
1 t salt
1 t black pepper
1 t paprika
1 t parsley
1 t thyme
1 t onion powder
1 t garlic powder
1 t cayenne pepper
 Blend together mix well

Pour over chicken, chill marinade while you cook the greens and cornbread!

Easy Pecan Pie

1 cup karo syrup
1 cup brown sugar
2 1/2 T butter melted
1 vanilla bean (vanilla extract has alcohol unless pure vanilla)
2 cups chopped pecans
1 marie calendars kosher pie crust

preheat oven to 350 degrees
mix first five ingredients together
pour into crust
baked 60 minutes
cool 2 hours

serve with whipping cream